

Zola
Y'all wanna hear a story?
A waitress agrees to accompany an exotic dancer, her put-upon boyfriend, and her mysterious and domineering roommate on a road trip to Florida to seek their fortune at a high-end strip club.
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6.2/10
300 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $5M
- Box office
- $3.5M
- Language
- English
- florida
- waitress
- narration
- stripper
- based on true story
- pole dancer
- boyfriend
- road movie
- woman director
- sex worker
- tampa, florida
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereSundance Film Festival24 Jan 2020
- TheatricalR30 Jun 2021
- Digital / OTTRA24 Screening Room21 Jul 2021
- Digital / OTTR23 Jul 2021
- PhysicalR14 Sept 2021
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical186 Aug 2021
AustraliaAU
- PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival13 Aug 2021
- TheatricalMA15+18 Nov 2021
CanadaCA
- Theatrical30 Jun 2021
- TVSuper Écran22 Oct 2021
DenmarkDK
- Digital / OTT1530 Jun 2021
FinlandFI
- Theatrical (limited)K-1630 Jun 2021
FranceFR
- Digital / OTT31 Oct 2021
IrelandIE
- Theatrical186 Aug 2021
NetherlandsNL
- Digital / OTT1830 Jun 2021
NorwayNO
- Theatrical (limited)1830 Jun 2021
PolandPL
- Digital / OTT1814 Aug 2021
RussiaRU
- Digital / OTT18+1 Nov 2021
Frequently asked questions
Zola was released on 30 June 2021.
Audience reviews
3- L7/10
Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots
3/27/2020
“You wanna hear a story about why me and this b--ch here fell out? It’s kind of long but full of suspense.” On paper (or on an iPhone screen), “Zola” sounds like one of the worst ever ideas for a feature-length film. Based on a real-life Twitter thread between a Hooters waitress and a stripper, this stranger than fiction story played out over social media in 2015 — and damn if it doesn’t make for a wildly original…
- B10/10
beyondthecineramadome
6/20/2022
Full review: <a>https://www.tinakakadelis.com/beyond-the-cinerama-dome/2021/12/28/american-nightmare-zola-review<a> Janicza Bravo’s long-awaited star of Sundance, _@zola_, could not feel more timely, despite the year-long delay. Adapted from the viral Twitter thread of 2015 by Aziah “Zola” King, @zola tells the story of a trip to Tampa gone horribly wrong. After a chance meeting in a Detroit restaurant, Zola (an i…
- R8/10
r96sk
7/11/2022
Different, but I actually liked it. <em>'Zola'</em> takes a few scenes to get into it and to get used to the stylistic choices, namely with the editing and dialogue, though by the end I did in fact enjoy this film. It's a bonkers story, one that I semi heard about when it became known that a film was going to be made based on a thread of tweets. It's probably much better than it was any right to be in truth, al…
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